Improvement in rail-joints



W. H. H. SCHOLEY.

RAIL-JOINTS.

Patented March 6,1877.

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WILLIAM H. H. SOHOLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAIL-JOINTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,031, dated March 6,1877; application filed August 19, 1876.

D To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. H. SCHO-LEY, of Chicago, in the county of (look and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Connecting Street- RailroadRails, of which the following is a specification The nature of thepresent invention consists in an extension on the under side of thesill-plate, which fits into a mortise in the sill, and is provided withgit-seats, under which gihs on keys catch and hold the rails fast to thesillplate by means of ordinary spikes put through the rails, thesill-plates, and sills, passing through the same holes as the keys, andhold the latter in place, as the Whole is hereinafter fully shown anddescribed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the sill of astreet-railroad, the rails thereon, and my improved connection. Fig. 2is a cross-section of the same parts on line Z, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, aninverted view of the connection Fig. 4, a top view of a sill, with therails and connections removed, to show the mortise.

A B represent an ordinary sill and rail of a street-railroad, to whichmy connecting device is attached. D represents the sillplate orcoupling, which in my construction is provided With an extension, 0,fitting closely into a mortise, J, in the sill A, and prevents the plateD from having any lateral motion. The ends L of this extension 0 arenotched out to correspond with a cross-section of the spikes shown at S,and longitudinally through the extension is formed an opening or space,I, Fig. 1. Keys E are formed with gibs on their lower ends, and are putthrough holes in the rails B, the gibs looking into the said open space.Ordinary spikes S are then placed into the same holes as the keys, anddriven into the sill A, and the rails and sill-plate will be held fasttogether, and the rails will be effectually secured to the sill-plate,forming a perfect coupling. Iron is to be used for the parts B D S E (J.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent The sill-plate D,extended down into a mortise, J, at O in the sill, and provided with alongitudinal open space, I, and with notches L, in combination with gibson keys E, and rails 15, as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM H. H. SGHOLEY.

Witnesses:

G. L. UHAPIN, 0. H. Anlx.

